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Date October 7, 1780
Location South Carolina • United States
Participants loyalist • United States
Context American Revolution

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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis
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John Sevier.
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Patrick Ferguson
Scottish soldier and inventor

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